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Berserker
Berserker (1987) on 4 july 1987

Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Actors George Buck Flower, Beth Toussaint
Rating44% 2.2160152.2160152.2160152.2160152.216015
According to an old Nordic legend, a Berserker was a bloodthirsty warrior who ate human flesh, forbidden a restful death and fated to be reincarnated in their blood kin. Six college students accidentally stumble across the Berserker legend when they vacation in a campground in Rainbow Valley, an area settled by Norwegian immigrants. The camp is abuzz with rumours of a wild bear killing people in the area, including speculation about an old couple who get lost. But is it really a bear?
Bates Motel
Bates Motel (1987) on 5 july 1987
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Serial killer films
Actors Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn, Gregg Henry, Khrystyne Haje, Jason Bateman
Rating38% 1.917281.917281.917281.917281.91728
Alex West (Bud Cort) roomed and became close friends with Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum for nearly 20 years. After Bates' death, Alex finds that he is named in Norman's will as the inheritor of the Bates Motel, which has been vacant since Norman's arrest. Alex travels to Bates' California hometown (which this film has renamed Fairville from the original film's Fairvale) and with a little help from teenage runaway Willie (Lori Petty) and local handyman Henry Watson (Moses Gunn), Alex struggles to re-open the motel for business, only to have strange things happen.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows (1987) on 5 july 1987
, 1h36
Directed by Terry Jones, Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Rachel Talalay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Animation
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Charles Nelson Reilly, Bob Hoskins, Roddy McDowall, Mark Gatiss, José Ferrer, Matt Lucas
Rating71% 3.58093.58093.58093.58093.5809
The "well-known and popular" Mr. Toad of Toad Hall (voice of Charles Nelson Reilly), a conceited and impulsive animal, embarks on a madcap river voyage in a paddleboat, nearly shipwrecking his friend Ratty (voice of Roddy McDowall) who is out for a leisurely row. At the same time, Toad whelms the entrance to the subterranean home of Moley (voice of Eddie Bracken). So disturbed, Moley comes above ground for the first time in his life, and is positively amazed by the surface world. At once he meets Ratty, who invites him to come along on his river cruise ("Wind in the Willows"). All too soon, Toad returns and recklessly overturns Ratty's boat, nearly drowning Moley, but Ratty saves him and pushes him along to shore.
I Was a Teenage Zombie
I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987) on 1 july 1987
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors John Ventimiglia
Rating45% 2.265862.265862.265862.265862.26586
The film begins like a 1980s comedy with teens looking to purchase some marijuana but turns into comedy/horror genre when a drug dealer is pushed into the river and becomes a zombie.
Scarecrow
Scarecrow (1984) on 30 june 1987
, 2h7
Directed by Rolan Bykov
Genres Drama
Actors Kristina Orbakaitė, Yuri Nikulin
Rating76% 3.8356453.8356453.8356453.8356453.835645
The Wheelchair
The Wheelchair (1960) on 29 june 1987
, 1h25
Directed by Marco Ferreri
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors José Luis López Vázquez, Chus Lampreave, María Luisa Ponte, Antonio Riquelme, Ángel Álvarez
Rating72% 3.636963.636963.636963.636963.63696
Don Anselmo est un octogénaire en pleine forme. Il vit chez ses enfants et a pour seul ami Don Lucas, un invalide qui possède une petite voiture de handicapé motorisée. Don Anselmo décide qu'il aura lui aussi le même genre de petite voiture. Coûte que coûte.
Surf Nazis Must Die
Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) on 3 july 1987
, 1h23
Directed by Peter George
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Sports films, Transport films, Surfing films, Musical films, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Dukey Flyswatter, Bobbie Bresee, Ted Prior
Rating37% 1.853691.853691.853691.853691.85369
An earthquake leaves the California coastline in ruins and reduces the beaches to a state of chaos. A group of Neo-Nazis led by Adolf (Brenner), the self-proclaimed "Führer of the new beach," takes advantage of the resulting chaos by fighting off several rival surfer gangs to seize control of the beaches. Meanwhile, an African American oil well worker named Leroy (Harden) is killed by the surf Nazis while jogging on the beach. Leroy's mother, "Mama" Washington (Neely), devastated by the loss of her son, vows revenge. After arming herself with a handgun and grenades, she breaks out of her retirement home and exacts vengeance on the Surf Nazis.
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights (1987) on 29 june 1987
, 2h11
Directed by John Glen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Desmond Llewelyn, Art Malik, John Rhys-Davies
Rating66% 3.348453.348453.348453.348453.34845
James Bond—Agent 007—is assigned to aid the defection of a KGB officer, General Georgi Koskov, covering his escape from a concert hall in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia during the orchestra's intermission. During the mission, Bond notices that the KGB sniper assigned to prevent Koskov's escape is a female cellist from the orchestra. Disobeying his orders to kill the sniper, he instead shoots the rifle from her hands, then uses the Trans-Siberian Pipeline to smuggle Koskov across the border into Austria and then on to Britain.
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting (1987) on 1 july 1987
, 1h42
Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Calvin Levels, Vincent D'Onofrio
Rating68% 3.4498353.4498353.4498353.4498353.449835
After her boyfriend Mike unexpectedly cancels their anniversary date, Chris Parker invites her friend Brenda over to cheer her up, but is eventually convinced by her mother to babysit the Andersons' daughter, 8-year-old Sara, while they attend a party in Chicago. Fifteen-year-old Brad is originally supposed to go to his friend Daryl Coopersmith's house to spend the night, but he changes his mind when Chris comes over to visit. After receiving a frantic phone call from Brenda, who ran away to the bus station downtown, using all of her money for the cab ride, Chris plans to go alone to pick her up, but is coerced by Brad, Sarah and Daryl to take them with her. On the freeway, the Buick Electra station wagon suffers a flat tire and they are picked up by a kind tow-truck driver, "Handsome" John Pruit, who offers to pay for the tire when Chris realizes she left her purse at the Andersons'. En route, Pruit gets a call from his boss Dawson with evidence that his wife is cheating on him, and he rushes to his house to confront the infidelity. In the ensuing fight, Chris' mother's car is damaged and they hide in a Cadillac, which is then car-jacked by a thief named Joe Gipp.
Innerspace
Innerspace (1987) on 1 july 1987
, 2h
Directed by Joe Dante
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Spy films, Films about computing, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Comedy science fiction films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Vernon Wells, Fiona Lewis
Rating67% 3.399893.399893.399893.399893.39989
Set in San Francisco, California, down-on-his-luck Naval aviator Lt. Tuck Pendleton (Quaid) resigns his commission and volunteers for a secret miniaturization experiment. He is placed in a submersible pod and both are shrunk to microscopic size. They are transferred into a syringe to be injected into a rabbit, but the lab is attacked by a rival organization, led by scientist Dr. Margaret Canker (Fiona Lewis), that plans to seize the experiment and steal the miniaturization technology.